AS the Church enters the liturgical season of Advent it won’t have passed your notice that may of the stores and commercial advertisers seem to have been weeks ahead of us. Before the task of raking our autumn leaves was complete shopping centres began playing Christmas music. The decorations are up and the mood has been set to have us focus on this most sentimental of holidays, not for any religious purpose, but to empty our bank accounts as we shop our way towards December 25th.

Christmas can be for many a nostalgic time of year, filled with warmth and peace, family and friends. But it can also be for some a time of struggle, sadness, even isolation. On a positive note, many in the secular world do turn their thoughts at this time of the year toward those less fortunate. Around the world we see the challenges of homelessness, refugees, economic want, violence and terrorism. It is into this very world that our Lord Jesus Christ entered; and it is His Church that has been given the mission of offering hope and salvation in His Name. A mission which has both a spiritual and a material component.

On the material level, we offer our time and treasure to assist others in need, locally and internationally. Through the missionary arm of the International Anglican Fellowship we provide support for churches, parishes and missions across the Traditional Anglican Communion. Similarly, through our local parishes and missions we offer places of worship, counsel, shelter, food, and fellowship to those struggling with emotional and financial difficulties – a mission which goes beyond the Seasons of Advent and Christmas.

As Christians we know too that the holy Season of Advent has a spiritual dimension, a spiritual importance. We begin the season not with “Joy to the World”, but rather “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”. Advent means “the coming”, or “the arrival”. In Advent we anticipate and prepare for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in time and eternity. Advent involves the anticipation of both a past and a future event. The Latin word adventus from which we get the name of the Season means “the coming”, but itself is a translation of the Greek word Parousia, which refers to the Second Coming of Christ. Thus Advent includes a time of preparation for the coming of the Christ Child in time, and penitential preparation for the return of our Lord at the end of time, when He will come to judge the living and the dead.

All of the Scripture lessons chosen for the Season of Advent shout with urgency: prepare yourselves! Focus on what is important. By examination of conscience, by prayer, and meditation, by taking our part in the corporate worship of the Church, and in acts of good will, we are able focus on what truly matters. We blend our preparations of home and hearth with those of spirit and soul. We show forth the faith that underlies our good works. In a world searching for meaning and truth, the Season of Advent properly celebrated can offer a powerful witness of the saving love of the Redeemer Jesus Christ.

I pray each of you will use this holy Season as a time of witness and preparation for the coming in time and eternity of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. A blessed, prayerful and joyous Advent to you all!

The most recent status update from the International Anglican Fellowship on the campaign to purchase a vehicle for Bishop Mukuyamba.

July 4, 2017 – It’s hard to believe, but we are almost there – two months ahead of schedule!! A vehicle that will meet Bp. Andrew’s needs has been identified. It is a double cab Ford Ranger with a diesel engine. The truck is currently located in Johannesburg, South Africa…it is being watched over by our fellow Anglicans there. One final “push” will put us over the top.

“And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine, and in the fellowship, and in the breaking of the bread, and in the prayers.” Acts 2: 42.

WHITSUNDAY – The Day of Pentecost reminds us all of the origins of the Christian Church, and calls all Christians to the foundation of the Church and her mission in the world. It is a call to unity; it is a call to continuity; it is a call to steadfastness; it is a call to Word and Sacrament; and it is a call to fellowship and prayer. Christ our Savior promised His Church the power and presence of the Holy Spirit, Who would lead the Church into all truth, and remind us of all He had said and done for the salvation of the world.

The unity of the Christian Church has always been somewhat elusive. Even from the beginning we read in Holy Scripture of divisions, disagreements, and doctrinal controversies. Through the centuries these divisions and disagreements became more frequent, more damaging to the Church, leading to heresy and schism. The Church of our own time is not much better. The alphabet soup that has become the Continuing Anglican Church around the world is both a scandal to the faith and a wound to the witness of the Church in an ever-growing secular and godless society. The Christian Church no longer speaks with one voice or one Gospel. Each of us as Christians, as traditional Anglicans, as leaders in the Church, must take our part, our responsibility, in this state of affairs; and, more importantly, do our part in healing divisions across the many jurisdictions and doctrinal divides of Anglicanism. Happily such healing is beginning to take place, divisions are being addressed, fellowship and unity are being pursued. The Traditional Anglican Communion worldwide has an important and critical part to play in this godly endeavour. Pentecost is the time to remind ourselves of this important mission. Our outreach to our separated brethren, whether in the United Kingdom or the United States, in Canada or Australia, Southern Africa or India, needs our time and attention. And it needs our prayer and commitment. Beyond the Continuing Anglican Church we look to establish fellowship and ecumenical dialogue with the Nordic Catholic Church, the Polish National Catholic Church, and the Free Church of England. This same ecumenical outreach may even extend in time toward our brethren in the Eastern Orthodox Churches. Though human sin, human pride, and the weight of history may make this mission and calling seem daunting at times, it is all the more reason to press on with faith in the power of the Holy Spirit to overcome our past and to look toward the future – even in a world facing tremendous challenges from secularization, militant atheism, and the threat of fanatical Islamic extremists.

From the upper room at Pentecost, the Apostles and disciples went out into the pagan world to preach the saving Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. With Word and Sacrament, prayer and devotion, courage and fortitude, these men and women fulfilled the Great Commission of Christ to make disciples of all nations, baptizing, confirming, and teaching the commandments of God. That Commission is ours today; their courage and devotion is our model. We cannot simply look back to some past Anglican ‘glory days’, or seek only those of ‘like mind’ but rather we need to go out into our neighbourhoods, our marketplaces, our public squares, and witness to the faith of Christ crucified and risen – calling unbelievers to belief, sinners to penitence, falsehood to truth, hatred to love, divisions to unity, and the nations to Christ.

In the midst of our modern world, living as we do in the post-Christian era, we pray the Holy Spirit to continue among us, to sanctify His holy Church across the Traditional Anglican Communion, and throughout the Church universal, that as Christian men and women we may be renewed in our faith and continue constant in our witness to the Christian Faith, in season and out of season. May God the Holy Spirit bless and strengthen you all in this holy Season of Pentecost.

THE ancient Easter proclamation sounds out again throughout the Church: Christ is risen! Easter breaks forth with a joy unmatched, with new hope and new life — eternal life! We will see again those who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith, in a life that will know no end. Love has triumphed over hatred, truth over lies, life over death. Our Lenten fast is over, we have walked the way of Calvary and beheld the empty tomb. It is Eastertide once more!

The liturgy of Easter is rich in symbolism and Christian tradition. In the darkness of the empty tomb, in the darkness of a fallen world, in the darkness of the heart of man a Light shines forth — it is the Light of Christ. The hour of darkness is over; now is the hour of salvation.

In the Easter liturgies of the Church we hear anew the ancient prophecies of Holy Scripture and listen to the age-old Proclamation of Easter, revealing to us God’s plan of salvation — now made real for us in the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ. The Paschal Candle burns brightly again in our midst; and with a joy which fills our hearts and lifts our voices, we sing again the triumphant hymn: ‘Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!’

There is no Season greater than that of Easter in all the Christian year. Christmas heralded the Word made flesh, Epiphany the manifestation of God to the nations; Lent, the depth of God’s love for His people; and Easter, our salvation from sin and death in the Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Each Easter, the peace and power of the Risen Christ is renewed in the life of every Christian. The Church is enlivened again, empowered with the Spirit of the Risen Lord. Before us lies the world in all its sin and misery, its false hopes and deluded joys. But as the Church Militant we advance upon this world with power and faith, proclaiming to every culture and people the message of salvation in Jesus Christ.

As the disciples of Jesus went forth into their world to speak of the Risen Christ, we too need to go out into our world, to our neighbours, our friends, family, co-workers, and witness to them our faith in Jesus; inviting them to know the love and joy which is ours as Christians and traditional Anglicans; inviting them to join us in the worship and praise of God this Eastertide.

Ours is an Easter Faith; we are an Easter people. During the fifty days of Easter let us celebrate the joyous fact of our redemption. Let us live as people charged with the spirit of the Risen Christ, eager to spread the good news of salvation. Let us share with all we meet the hope that is ours as Christians. It will be through our faithful witness to Christ crucified and risen that others will come to know Jesus and the transforming grace of His Cross and Resurrection.

May all our Churches, Dioceses, Parishes and Missions across the Traditional Anglican Communion be blessed this Easter Season with a faith renewed and an outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit. And may I extend to you all my blessing and prayers for a joyous Eastertide.

Bishop Andrew Mukuyamba has episcopal responsibility for all of the country of Zambia in south central Africa — the Continuing Anglican Church in Zambia (CACZ). Parishes have been established in three of the country’s ten provinces , the furthest one being 372 miles from the Bishop’s headquarters in the capital of Lusaka. A variety of issues negatively impact his ability to perform his duties:

Most CACZ churches are in rural areas.

In many cases, roads are mere dirt footpaths.

Public transportation is expensive and extremely unreliable.

Travel times necessary for pastoral care and visits are therefore unnecessarily long and wasteful.

The IAF Board of Directors has recommended that the Fellowship undertake a project to purchase an appropriate vehicle for the Bishop. To date, over $US 5800 has been contributed and earmarked for this purpose. The goal is to raise $16,000 before the end of August 2017. Vehicle maintenance, fuel, repairs , etc., will be funded by the CACZ. If you would like to participate, please send a check, payable to the: International Anglican Fellowship and earmarked “Bishop’s Vehicle” to:

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We continue in the historic Anglican expression of the Christian Faith as the same has been transmitted to us through the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the Creeds of the Undivided Church, and the Book of Common Prayer. We are determined to continue in the Catholic Faith, Apostolic Order, Orthodox Worship, and Evangelical Witness of the historic Anglican Church, with its traditional liturgy, music and patrimony.